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TINI, un mechón de pelo (5020 Records)
It’s clear that TINI had a lot to get off her chest, and her new album was the perfect platform to bare it all, giving listeners insight into what she’s been going through personally over the past few years. The Argentine star’s most personal project yet, TINI kicks off with “pa,” where she shares the fear she felt after nearly losing her father, who has also been her longtime manager. In the song, she pleads for “un ratito más,” or a little while longer with her dad. Mostly produced by Andrés Torres and Mauricio Rengifo, the stripped-down, lyrically strong set follows TINI on moments of vulnerability, pain, resilience, renewal and growth.
In “posta,” TINI recites powerful statements where she clarifies who she is and isn’t. But perhaps the most striking track on un mechón de pelo is “miedo,” which reads like a diary entry as TINI looks inward tracing the ups and downs of her career and personal life. “Wanting to turn back time and start over/ I escaped from my reality, I locked myself in my solitude/ And starting all over again when I can’t even start,” she confesses.
Following a handful of songs that serve as an ultimate release, a seemingly cagey and resentful TINI begins the healing process. In the last three songs, “ellas,” “bien” and “me voy,” she embraces her battle wounds and has a more optimistic outlook of the future. “Now I’m chill, nothing is personal/ My friends I want to call/ It feels good to be able to forgive,” she sings in “bien.” Wrapping the album is the piano-led “me voy,” which serves as the…
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